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24 July 2007 : Column 1016W—continued
Unemployment: Young People
Mr. Waterson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people aged 24 years or under were considered to be economically inactive in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in each of the last 10 years. [151434]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 24 July 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people aged 24 years or under were considered to be economically inactive in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in each of the last 10 years. I am replying in her absence. (151434)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of inactivity from the annual local area Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation definitions.
The attached table shows the number of economically inactive persons, aged 16 to 24, resident in the Eastbourne constituency and the county of East Sussex, from the annual local area LFS, for the 12-month periods ending in February from 1997 to 2004 and from the APS for the 12-month periods ending in March 2005 and March 2006.
As these estimates are for a subset of the population in a small geographical area, they are based on very small sample sizes, and are therefore subject to large margins of uncertainty. In this case, the sample sizes are not sufficient to give an accurate estimate of even the direction of the change over time.
Valuation Office Agency
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what meetings the Valuation Office Agency has had with the Australian Valuation Office in the last five years. [151322]
Jane Kennedy: There is no central record of meetings held between the Valuation Office Agency and the Australian Valuation Office and the information could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which divisions of the Valuation Office Agency the secondees from the (a) Australian Valuation Office and (b) Hong Kong Valuation Office were working within. [151323]
Jane Kennedy: The secondees worked in the Valuation Office Agency’s Chief Executive’s Office (Non-Domestic Rating Section) and the London City Group and London District Valuer Service, respectively.
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) of 15 June 2007, Official Report, column 1424W, on the Valuation Office Agency, if he will place in the Library a copy of the review. [150631]
Jane Kennedy: Office of Government Commerce (OGC) Gateway Reviews are conducted on a confidential basis for Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) of projects and programmes across government. To place this report in the public domain would put at risk an important process that has recorded £2.5 billion of value for money through avoided costs in central civil government since 2003.
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answers to the hon. Member for Meriden of 26 January 2007, Official Report, column 2134W, and 15 June 2007, Official Report, column 1422W, on the Valuation Office Agency, how many flights and to which destinations were made in 2006-07; and what estimate he has made of how much carbon dioxide each contributed to the 83 tonnes of carbon dioxide. [151137]
Jane Kennedy: The Valuation Office Agency paid for 412 flights in the financial year 2006-07. Data are not held on how much each flight contributed to the 83 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2007, Official Report, column 1424W to the hon. Member for Meriden, on the Valuation Office Agency, which organisation conducted the review. [151139]
Jane Kennedy: The review was conducted by the Office of Government Commerce.
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answers to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) of 26 January 2007, Official Report, column 2134W, and 18 June 2007, Official Report, column 1500W, on the Valuation Office Agency, what conferences were attended during the visit to Japan. [151150]
Valuation Office Agency: HM Revenue and Customs
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what access the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has to data held by HM Revenue and Customs to assist the VOA in its statutory functions. [150642]
Jane Kennedy: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) on 14 February 2006, Official Report, column 1851W.
Valuation Office Agency: Hong Kong
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 20 June 2007, Official Report, column 1888W, on the Valuation Office Agency: Hong Kong, whether the Agency provided valuation advice on (a) domestic valuations and (b) business valuations. [150626]
Jane Kennedy: The valuation advice related to land for commercial development. No valuation advice was given relating to domestic property.
Valuation Office Agency: Optical Equipment
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many telescopic viewers the Valuation Office Agency has purchased in the last 36 months; and at what cost. [150629]
Jane Kennedy: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove) on 20 June 2007, Official Report, column 1877W. The Valuation Office Agency has not purchased any telescopic viewers in the last 36 months.
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what use the Valuation Office Agency is making of Ordnance Survey's pictometry oblique imagery. [151325]
Jane Kennedy: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) on 24 January 2007, Official Report, column 1901W.
Valuation Office Agency: Digital Versatile Disks
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which DVDs have been produced by the Valuation Office Agency in the last 36 months; how many copies of such DVDs were produced; and what the cost was to the public purse of development, production and distribution. [151321]
Jane Kennedy: The VGA has produced no DVDs over the last 36 months.
Valuation Office Agency: Expenditure
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what expenditure the Valuation Office Agency has undertaken on (a) its import system and (b) infrastructure electronic billing authority reports since January 2005. [151329]
Jane Kennedy: The expenditure undertaken in providing and implementing the Electronic Billing Authority Reports application in the period January 2005 to 31 March 2007 was £1,478,352 (excluding VAT). The annual service charges in respect of the application are £31,929 (excluding VAT).
Valuation Office Agency: ICT
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many local authorities submit information to the Valuation Office Agency via electronic billing authority reports. [151330]
Jane Kennedy: The latest figures are that 160 local authorities have submitted information to the Valuation Office Agency via Electronic Billing Authority Reports.
Valuation Office Agency: Training
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 25 June 2007, Official Report, column 400W, on Valuation Office: training, from which company the media training was commissioned; and what the functions were of the staff who were trained. [151201]
Jane Kennedy: Media training was provided by the Government News Network. The staff trained were senior management whose function is to manage Valuation Offices.
Valuation Office Agency: Visits Abroad
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2007, Official Report, column 400W to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, on Valuation Office: visits abroad, how many staff visited each country; and at what cost; [151199]
(2) what the purpose was of each visit to (a) Australia, (b) Canada, (c) New Zealand, (d) the USA and (e) Lithuania. [151200]
Jane Kennedy: One member of staff attended conferences in Canada, New Zealand, USA and Australia. All costs were met by the conference organisers or by staff members. Four members of staff attended a conference in Lithuania. The total cost to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) was £2,000. The Agency has also seconded staff to Australia. The cost to the VOA from 1 January 2007 was £8,481.
Valuation Office Agency: Non-domestic Rates
Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Valuation Office Agency plans to collate value significant codes for the purposes of valuations of non-domestic dwelling for business rates. [151320]
Jane Kennedy: The Valuation Office Agency has no plans to collate Value Significant Codes for the purposes of valuations of properties for non-domestic rates.
Welfare Tax Credits
Mr. Gauke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) couples and (b) couples with household incomes of over £50,000 are claiming tax credits, broken down by region. [152317]
Jane Kennedy: The information requested is provided in the following table.
| Table 1: average number of families benefiting from tax credit awards in each country and each government office region of England, 2005-06 (couples only) | ||
| Income used to taper in-work awards | ||
| All families | Over £50,000 | |
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